Charles F. Warwick

Charles Franklin Warwick (14 February 1852-4 April 1913) was Mayor of Philadelphia (R) from 1895 to 1899, suceeding Edwin Sydney Stuart and preceding Samuel Howell Ashbridge.

Biography
Charles Franklin Warwick was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1852, and he became a lawyer in 1873 and joined the city solicitor's office. He supported James G. Blaine during his 1884 presidential bid, giving speeches in his favor in Indiana and Ohio. Warwick, a candidate of the reformist Republicans, defeated machine boss Boies Penrose in the 1895 mayoral election, and he supported the development of the Delaware River waterfront area. He died in 1913.